1st Workshop on Robot Meets GNSS

Exploring Synergies and Challenges of Global Navigation Satellite Systems in Robotics

News

March 15, 2025: All speakers confirmed.

March 9, 2025: Workshop website hosted.

Scope

This workshop aims to unite the GNSS and robotics communities to enhance state estimation for outdoor robot navigation. While GNSS offers a low-cost complement to traditional SLAM, its performance degrades in challenging environments. Recent GNSS advancements share common ground with robotics challenges like SLAM, presenting opportunities for cross-disciplinary innovation. By bringing together experts, industry leaders, and young researchers, this workshop will foster collaboration on shared issues such as error modeling and solver optimization, accelerating progress in both fields.

Invited Speakers

Speakers are listed in the order of their scheduled presentations.

Prof. Dr. Mingquan Lu
Tsinghua University,
China
Website

Dr. Jiarong Lin
(Prof. Dr. Fu Zhang)
MARS Lab,
University of Hong Kong,
Hong Kong
Website

Dr.-Ing. Tim Pfeifer
Siemens AG,
Germany
Website

Prof. Dr. Ling Pei
Shanghai Jiao Tong University,
China
Website

Prof. Dr. Xingxing Li
Wuhan University,
China
Website

Prof. Dr. Weisong Wen
TAS Lab,
Hong Kong Polytechnic University,
Hong Kong
Website

Dr. Taro Suzuki
Chiba Institute of Technology,
Japan
Website

Prof. Dr.
Shaojun Feng
Qianxun Spatial Intelligence Inc., China,
Imperiall College London, UK
Website

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Tentative Schedule

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Slides of all keynotes will be made avilable after the workshop.

Morning Session

, - Welcome and Opening Remarks

Prof. Dr. Li-Ta Hsu

, - BeiDou Alone Is Not Enough: Space, Air and Ground Cooperative PNT Architecture and Key Technologies for Low Altitude Economy

Prof. Dr. Mingquan Lu

Tsinghua University, China

, - Connecting GNSS and Robotics - Toward Tightly Coupled Sensor Integration

Dr. Taro Suzuki

Chiba Institute of Technology, Japan

, - Robotic research using Advanced GNSS technologies

Prof. Dr. Xingxing Li

Wuhan University, China

, - Coffee Break and Poster Session

, - Toward Robust, Real-time, Radiance Map Reconstruction with Multi-sensor Fusion in GNSS-denied Scenarios

Dr. Jiarong Lin (Prof. Dr. Fu Zhang)

Mechatronics and Robotic Systems Laboratory
University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong

, - Empower robotic research using GNSS services

Prof. Dr. Shaojun Feng

Qianxun Spatial Inteligence Inc. China,
Imperiall College London, UK

, - Brain-inspired navigation

Prof. Dr. Ling Pei

Shanghai Jiao Tong University

, - Lunch

Afternoon Session

, - Safety-quantifiable Joint Positioning and Control for Factor Graph

Prof. Dr. Weisong Wen

Trustworthy AI and Autonomous Systems Laboratory
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong

, - Multisensor Integrity

tbd.

, - Non-Gaussian State Estimation for GNSS, Ranging, and Beyond

Dr. Tim Pfeifer

Siemens AG, Germany

, - Coffee Break and Poster Session

, - Highlight talks of accepted abstracts

, - Panel Discussion:
Diffraction of Common GNSS-Inspired Problems in Robotics: system, integrity, and transferability to other ranging sources

, - Closing Remark

Prof. Dr. Li-Ta Hsu

, Dinner

Organization

Workshop Format

Full-day workshop

Hybrid event

Call for Abstracts and Posters

To be announced.

Online Q&A and Polling

We encourage all participants to engage with our speakers and fellow colleagues throughout the workshop via our Slido workspace.

Online Attendance

For researchers unable to attend the workshop in person, remote participation is available via zoom (to be announced).

Organizers

Haoming Zhang
RWTH Aachen University,
Germany

Yibin Wu
Institute of Geodesy and Geoinformation,
University of Bonn,
Germany

Prof. Dr. Weisong Wen
TAS Lab,
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University,
Hong Kong

Feng (Darren) Huang
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University,
Hong Kong

Dr. Taro Suzuki
Chiba Institute of Technology,
Japan

Prof. Dr. Jinling Wang
University of New South Wales Sydney,
Australia

Xikun Liu
TAS Lab,
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University,
Hong Kong

Dr. Daniel Medina
Institute of Communications and Navigation,
German Aerospace Center (DLR),
Germany

Prof. Dr. Li-Ta Hsu
IPN Lab,
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University,
Hong Kong

1st Workshop on Robot Meets GNSS

Exploring Synergies and Challenges of Global Navigation Satellite Systems in Robotics

News

Scope

Invited Speakers

Tentative Schedule

Organization

Workshop Format

Call for Abstracts and Posters

Online Q&A and Polling

Online Attendance

Organizers

Source

Contact

Acknowledgement


	Prof. Dr. Mingquan Lu Tsinghua University, China Website
	Dr. Jiarong Lin (Prof. Dr. Fu Zhang) MARS Lab, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Website
	Dr.-Ing. Tim Pfeifer Siemens AG, Germany Website


	Prof. Dr. Ling Pei Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China Website
	Prof. Dr. Xingxing Li Wuhan University, China Website
	Prof. Dr. Weisong Wen TAS Lab, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong Website


	Dr. Taro Suzuki Chiba Institute of Technology, Japan Website
	Prof. Dr. Shaojun Feng Qianxun Spatial Intelligence Inc., China, Imperiall College London, UK Website
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	Morning Session
, -	Welcome and Opening Remarks Prof. Dr. Li-Ta Hsu
, -	BeiDou Alone Is Not Enough: Space, Air and Ground Cooperative PNT Architecture and Key Technologies for Low Altitude Economy Prof. Dr. Mingquan Lu Tsinghua University, China
, -	Connecting GNSS and Robotics - Toward Tightly Coupled Sensor Integration Dr. Taro Suzuki Chiba Institute of Technology, Japan
, -	Robotic research using Advanced GNSS technologies Prof. Dr. Xingxing Li Wuhan University, China
, -	Coffee Break and Poster Session
, -	Toward Robust, Real-time, Radiance Map Reconstruction with Multi-sensor Fusion in GNSS-denied Scenarios Dr. Jiarong Lin (Prof. Dr. Fu Zhang) Mechatronics and Robotic Systems Laboratory University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
, -	Empower robotic research using GNSS services Prof. Dr. Shaojun Feng Qianxun Spatial Inteligence Inc. China, Imperiall College London, UK
, -	Brain-inspired navigation Prof. Dr. Ling Pei Shanghai Jiao Tong University

, -	Lunch
	Afternoon Session
, -	Safety-quantifiable Joint Positioning and Control for Factor Graph Prof. Dr. Weisong Wen Trustworthy AI and Autonomous Systems Laboratory The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong
, -	Multisensor Integrity tbd.
, -	Non-Gaussian State Estimation for GNSS, Ranging, and Beyond Dr. Tim Pfeifer Siemens AG, Germany
, -	Coffee Break and Poster Session
, -	Highlight talks of accepted abstracts
, -	Panel Discussion: Diffraction of Common GNSS-Inspired Problems in Robotics: system, integrity, and transferability to other ranging sources
, -	Closing Remark Prof. Dr. Li-Ta Hsu

,	Dinner


	Haoming Zhang RWTH Aachen University, Germany
	Yibin Wu Institute of Geodesy and Geoinformation, University of Bonn, Germany
	Prof. Dr. Weisong Wen TAS Lab, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong


	Feng (Darren) Huang The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong
	Dr. Taro Suzuki Chiba Institute of Technology, Japan
	Prof. Dr. Jinling Wang University of New South Wales Sydney, Australia


	Xikun Liu TAS Lab, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong
	Dr. Daniel Medina Institute of Communications and Navigation, German Aerospace Center (DLR), Germany
	Prof. Dr. Li-Ta Hsu IPN Lab, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong